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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Who Shall Ratify? The People or the States?.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter Seven, which delegate is identified as "not consulted" on the vote to grant the national legislature veto power over all laws they deem improper?
(a) Edmund Randolph.
(b) Pierce Butler.
(c) George Washington.
(d) George Mason.

2. Who writes that Rhode Island's absence from the Convention is insignificant in the face of the stated unity of the delegates?
(a) Dr. Benjamin Franklin.
(b) James Madison.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Dr. Benjamin Rush.

3. Which delegate proposes that the positive vote of seven states constitutes ratification of the Constitution?
(a) James Wilson.
(b) David Carroll.
(c) James Madison.
(d) Pierce Butler.

4. What shocks European visitors to the Southern states?
(a) The clothing worn by the women.
(b) The accents of the Southern citizens.
(c) The slave quarters at Mount Vernon.
(d) The distance between cities.

5. What two types of documents do Convention delegates have to guide their discussion of states' rights?
(a) The state constitutions and the Articles of the Confederation.
(b) The state constitutions and the Declaration of Independence.
(c) The Articles of the Confederation and the Bill of Rights.
(d) The Articles of the Confederation and the Declaration of Independence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last major issue Convention delegates consider?

2. Who creates a dictionary to capitalize on the uniqueness of the American language?

3. Why are French noblemen amazed to find Revolutionary War officers working as innkeepers?

4. Which delegate moves to postpone the vote on ratification?

5. Which delegate makes the motion that an address to the people accompanies the Constitution?

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